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SNP Seeks Probe Into Douglas Alexander Over Undeclared Mandelson Meeting
Dave Doogan says Alexander failed to log the meeting for 18 months and wants an urgent standards inquiry into possible ministerial code breaches.
- SNP Westminster leader Dave Doogan has requested an 'urgent investigation' into Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander for failing to declare a 2024 meeting with Peter Mandelson's lobbying firm, Global Counsel, for a year and a half.
- Mandelson, who was sacked as UK ambassador to the US last year over ties to Jeffrey Epstein, introduced Alexander to the firm he co-founded with known links to Chinese and Russian organizations.
- Records were only updated on March 25, 2026, following a parliamentary order, despite UK law requiring ministers to report interactions with lobbyists every three months.
- SNP MSP Alex Kerr raised concerns about whether 'national security has been threatened by meetings at the instruction of Peter Mandelson,' calling on Alexander to disclose exactly who he met.
- The lobbying firm's connections to Chinese state organizations and Russian oligarchs were 'red flagged as areas of concern' shortly before Mandelson took his post as UK ambassador to the US.
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The IndependentCalls for Scottish Secretary to quit over links to Lord Peter Mandelson
The SNP is seeking to put pressure on Douglas Alexander in the wake of documents released regarding Lord Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador.
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